 | A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 True or not, a spectacular read. No one has so much with so little since Mailer.
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 | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.93 A little meandering, but wonderful nonetheless.
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 | Rodeo in Joliet by Glenn Rockowitz
Buy used from: $74.07 Amazing. A cancer survival story that beats all others and a writing style that will haunt you. Must, must read.
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 | This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.49 One of the first of its kind and worthy of all its praise.
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 | The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own. by David Carr
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Incredible memoir, beautifully written and meticulously fact-checked. Pretty unusual for this genre. Great read.
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 | My Friend Leonard by James Frey
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.54 Also suspect, but spectacular read.
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 | Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Decent writer but a horrific life told poetically.
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 | Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.46 Incredible how much this woman has endured and somehow remained lucid enough to share with the world.
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 | Ham on Rye: A Novel by Charles Bukowski
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $7.67 I know, I know. Not a memoir per se. But I have to believe if Buk had tried to publish this tale of his life today, it would be marketed as a memoir.
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 | Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 Another horrific life relayed with absolute compassion and understanding.
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 | Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
Buy used from: $3.55 Ok. So it's a Top 11. But I couldn't leave this one off. It may be close to my #1. Poetic, excruciating and fluid prose that is unmatched in my opinion.
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